“Pilots” at Air Iceland hold true to the nautical origins of the term, even with the best new avionics upgrade money can buy. As Flight FXI 16 approaches the northern Icelandic fishing village of Isafjordur in the pre-dawn hours of Dec. 17 (the Sun rises around noon at this time of year), Capt. George Hanson looks down to the water below to determine the state of turbulence on the inbound leg. We are dropping through 3,500 ft. on a GPS approach that culminates in a horseshoe-shaped… (www.aviationweek.com) More...
Not quite what I thought at first. I thought there might be video ala the approach to Paro Butan. Very interesting nonetheless. What made me sit up and take notice was on page 4:
"Key to the program's success was devising the Ametek interface to the engine instruments and tapping into the Honeywell avionics standard communications bus structure behind the legacy SPZ-8000 integrated avionics suite". the Z8000 was cutting edge when I started my Comp-Sci coursework in 1987, ( A bit of history on it: http://www.kranenborg.org/z8000/ ). When that was cutting edge, the BUFF & SR71 were 'legacy'. I'm sure some of the posters here have fond memories of working on those avionics, but I am just amazed. Thanks for posting.
